Passionate — that means to live for the sake of living. But one knows that you all live for the sake of experience. Passion, that is self-forgetfulness. But what you all want is self-enrichment. C'est ça. You don't realize what revolting egoism it is, and that one day it will make you the enemies of the human race.


The Magic Mountain (1924)


Passionate — that means to live for the sake of living. But one knows that you all live for the sake of experience. Passion, that is...

Passionate — that means to live for the sake of living. But one knows that you all live for the sake of experience. Passion, that is...

Passionate — that means to live for the sake of living. But one knows that you all live for the sake of experience. Passion, that is...

Passionate — that means to live for the sake of living. But one knows that you all live for the sake of experience. Passion, that is...